· Subplot Data now Chapter 8, Tree Data now Chapter
9, Understory Data now Chapter 10, and Accounting now Chapter 11
· Regional (RMRS) variables and procedures are indicated by shading
of the text - In previous years the National Core variables were shaded.
· New Cover
· Added: all Core “item” numbers

· Combined chapters 3 (Defining the condition
class) and chapter 8 (Condition Class Description Items)
· Changed: The Secondary Habitat Type code will now be the
same as the Primary code unless a secondary code is needed. Last year 9999999
was used which is now a valid code
· Added: Forest Type 709 Cottonwood/Willow
· Changed: the stocking rules where a plot is stocked (forested)
with any combination of 40 seeds /Saps/Trees.
· Changed: CONDITION STATUS was changed to CONDITION CLASS
STATUS
· Rearranged: Section 2 CONDITION CLASS. Several of the sub-sections
were rearranged for clarity and in some cases renumbered.
· Changed: Step 1: Delineate the plot area by CONDITION CLASS
STATUS.

· Changed “5. Denied access area, 6. Area too hazardous
to visit, and 7. Area that is not in the sample, e.g., in Canada or Mexico”
to “5. Nonsampled”. Also, added text addressing an additional
attribute, PRESENT NONFOREST Land Use, used at remeasurement.

· Changed: STAND SIZE CLASS. Changed variable description
from “Record the code that best describes the predominant size class
of all live trees in the condition class that are not overtopped.” to
“Record the code that best describes the predominant size class of all
live trees in the condition class.”

· Changed: STAND SIZE CLASS. Clarified (b) of code 0 from
“for forest types where stocking standards are not available, less than
5 percent crown cover of trees of any size” to “for several western
woodland species where stocking standards are not available, less than 5 percent
crown cover of trees of any size”.

· Changed: LENGTH TO DIAMETER MEASUREMENT POINT (CORE OPTIONAL).
Change the following text from “If the diameter is not measured at
4.5 ftfeet, record the actual length from the ground, to the nearest 0.1
inch, at which the diameter was measured for each tally tree, 1.0 inch DBH
and larger” to “If the diameter is not measured at 4.5 ftfeet,
record the actual length from the ground, to the nearest 0.1 foot, at which
the diameter was measured for each tally tree, 1.0 inch DBH and larger.”

· Changed: SEEDLING DATA. Changed introductory text from
“are coded as 6. Species are coded in order from most abundant to
least abundant when SEEDLING COUNT is coded as 6. are coded as 6. Species
are coded in order from most abundant to least abundant when SEEDLING COUNT
is coded as 6. are coded as 6. Species are coded in order from most abundant
to least abundant when SEEDLING COUNT is coded as 6.Counts beyond 5 are
coded as 6. Species are coded in order from most abundant to least abundant
when SEEDLING COUNT is coded as 6.” to “Counts beyond five estimated.”